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Stuttering inhibition method and device

US9263043B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI · US

Inventors

Gregory John Snyder · Palo Alto, US
Dwight E. Waddell, II · Oxford, US
Paul Mallette Goggans · Oxford, US

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 3, 2010
Grant date	Feb 16, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 3, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG10L2021/0575
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method and device is disclosed for reducing and controlling stuttering. The method involves tactile feedback of the stutterer's own speech to reducing stuttering. In one embodiment, the device may detect speech by audible or mechanical means, and the feedback may be produced by vibration mechanisms.

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